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A New Deal For This New Century: Making Our Economy Work For All

 

October 3 and 4, 2019

New York University’s Global Academic Center
1307 L Street NW
Washington, D.C.

This event is co-sponsored by Rock Center for Corporate Governance, and the Institute of Corporate Governance and Finance.

Supporting Sponsors:

Thursday October 3, 2019

1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Investments in our Economic Future I:  Revitalizing our Physical Infrastructure 

• Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America

• Kevin DeGood, Director, Infrastructure Policy, Center for American Progress

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Investments in our Economic Future I:  Building Skills for the 21st Century Economy through Education and Training

•  Jeff Dygert, Executive Director, Public Policy, AT&T
• Mary Alice McCarthy, Director, Center on Education & Skills, New America
• Julie Morgan, Executive Director, Great Democracy Initiative

3:45 – 5:00 p.m.

Improving the Pay, Benefits, and Competitiveness of American Workers

• Eduardo Porter, Moderator, Reporter, New York Times
• Richard Kramer, Chief Executive Officer, Goodyear
• Suresh Naidu, Professor in Economics and International Public Affairs, Columbia University School of International Public Affairs

5:00 – 6:15 p.m.

Reorienting Our Corporate Governance System to Support Sustainable Growth, Shared Prosperity, and the Best Interests of Working People

• Kara Stein, Moderator, Lecturer-in-Law, University of Pennsylvania
• Sabastian Niles, Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
• Elizabeth Pollman, Professor of Law, William M. Rains Senior Research Fellow, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
• David Webber, Associate Dean for Intellectual Life, Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

Friday October 4, 2019

8:30 a.m.

Coffee and Continental Breakfast

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.   

The Global New Deal: Making Sure the Rules of International Trade Are Fair to Workers and the Environment

• Beth Baltzan, Fellow, Open Markets
• Cathy Feingold, Director of International Development, AFL-CIO

10:30 a.m – 11:45 p.m.   

Keynote CEO Roundtable 

How Can Government Investment and Policies Help Businesses Increase Worker Pay and Create Quality Jobs?  A Constructive Discussion Among Leading CEOs

• Zeynep Ton, Professor of the Practice, Operations Mangement, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Barbara Humpton, Chief Executive Officer, Siemens USA
• James White, Former Chief Executive Officer, Jamba Juice

12:00 – 1:30 p.m 

Providing for the Common Defense, Promoting the General Welfare and Incentivizing Socially Responsible Behavior:  How Sane Tax Policy Can Make Us All Better Off

• Jason Furman, Moderator, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
• Heather Boushey, President and Chief Executive Officer, Washington Center for Equitable Growth
• Amy Matsui, Senior Counsel, National Women’s Law Center
• Kitty Richards, Strategic Advisor, Groundwork Collaborative